Regular Expressions in Python

Regex:

Regular expression, often abbreviated as Regex, is a pattern or sequence of characters or words which is used to search and manipulate strings in various languages. It is highly useful for various applications, such as user input validation, searching for patterns in a document, or searching and manipulating large datasets.

Regex in Python:

Regex is used in python using a module called 're'. Before using regex, we need to import it as:

>>> import re

After importing …

applications characters datasets document languages large datasets patterns python regex search searching strings tutorial validation webdev words